The Witcher

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 20, 2019
Season #: 4, 3.5, 3, 2, 1
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  1. RichSpider
    Dec 22, 2021
    0
    This is the key for me. If you are going to adapt award-winning source material that's beloved by many fans, whatever changes you make better have either A) a great reason behind it or B) improve the story.

    So far I've watched The Expanse incredibly faithfully adapt the novels to TV as best as they can and why is that show so beloved? The quality of the story is extremely high. For the    This is the key for me. If you are going to adapt award-winning source material that's beloved by many fans, whatever changes you make better have either A) a great reason behind it or B) improve the story.

    So far I've watched The Expanse incredibly faithfully adapt the novels to TV as best as they can and why is that show so beloved? The quality of the story is extremely high. For the non-book readers that in of itself is great. But for the book readers, they know the quality is so damn high because the quality of the novels is so damn high and so the showrunner and writers room (including the book's authors) faithfully adapted it to preserve that high-quality storytelling. I have also watched Game of Thrones in earlier seasons where they were largely faithful adaptations of award-winning novels and how beloved were they? Intensely. Even Dune recently was made highly faithfully and the book readers have loved it.

    I haven't finished this season yet (almost there) but I'm scared seeing how many are saying the last two episodes are the worst of all. But so far, as someone who has read the books twice, loved them but isn't above adaptations taking a different spin (if it improves the story) I am really disappointed. Not by the visuals, the acting, or anything like that. It is entirely due to the showrunner and writer's decision to make changes needlessly that make the story WORSE, not better. Why do they feel the need to add their twists and their own touch? Likely fear or ego. They don't feel creatively excited about translating a story from one medium to another they want to make it "their own." The hubris of that when the source material is award-winning and they're just TV writers is incredible.

    It sucks because I could overlook some shakey acting here and there or a bad costume or average CGI, but when the story is what I have a problem with and it's a story that requires certain things in order to result in other things down the line, it makes watching the show so tough. I end up just feeling bad for Henry who considering what he's said in multiple interviews, just wishes the show was a faithful adaptation from the novels to the screen like The Expanse has been.    … Expand
  2. Turbodowg
    Jan 2, 2020
    5
    The Witcher is okay... it never gets close to brilliance, but it isn't terrible either. It's somewhere in between passable and average.
    It lacks the magic that made both the books and the game so brilliant, but it does have some strong points; mainly Henry Cavill. He play's Geralt to almost perfection and looks exactly like the character in the game. The series would have worked much    The Witcher is okay... it never gets close to brilliance, but it isn't terrible either. It's somewhere in between passable and average.
    It lacks the magic that made both the books and the game so brilliant, but it does have some strong points; mainly Henry Cavill. He play's Geralt to almost perfection and looks exactly like the character in the game. The series would have worked much better if the focus was on Geralt, taking on a new Witcher contracts and fighting a different monster of the week each episode.
    Instead the series attempts to introduce the viewer to a ridiculously large cast of characters over a long period of time within the eight episodes, which ultimately leaves each character feeling flat. The story feels messy and without any on screen dates, or a map it is very hard to follow when and where the story is taking place.

    The other major issue is that they made some strange choices with the casting of characters, forced diversity is squeezed into every shot to fill Netflix's bizarre and over the top diversity quotas. It just looks out of place having POC I a show based on Polish folklore. The show also focuses way to much on the female characters and side-lines Geralt.
    Triss was completely miss-cast and badly written and many of the other characters you will not care about.
    Visually The Witcher looks good, but lacks any grand vistas or scenes that made the game so spectacular. The CGI monsters are ropey and would have looked a lot better if they had been physically created.
    Apart from all the poor stuff mentioned above, I did really enjoy a number of the episodes, Betrayer Moon been amongst my favourites as it feels the most suited to a Witcher TV show.

    As a fan of the games and books I’m pleased they made the show, and hopefully if it gets a season 2 it will be improved. I’d certainly recommend it to fans to watch (for curiosity) but I can’t see any non-Witcher fans getting much enjoinment from it.    … Expand
  3. nbassano82
    Dec 24, 2019
    6
    The pacing and editing of the show are pretty bad. The multiple timelines are unforgivably confusing. Having read the books and played the games I knew what was going on but struggled to figure out why it was put together as such. A lot of it seemed really illogical. Overall the cast is fabulous and without them the show would not be watchable. I’m hoping as with the novels that after theThe pacing and editing of the show are pretty bad. The multiple timelines are unforgivably confusing. Having read the books and played the games I knew what was going on but struggled to figure out why it was put together as such. A lot of it seemed really illogical. Overall the cast is fabulous and without them the show would not be watchable. I’m hoping as with the novels that after the (fist two) things pick up and follow a more traditional narrative that makes for a much more compelling story. I’m hopeful.… Expand
  4. Kheliko
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    Henry and Anya are great and the action is solid. That said the terrible time skips ruin any type of build up. Very little world building or lore is given. I guess they assume you should know? Ciri's story should of been put thru out the final 3 episodes instead of the entire season. 2 episodes could of easily been combined since they are almost exactly the same footage with Geralt beingHenry and Anya are great and the action is solid. That said the terrible time skips ruin any type of build up. Very little world building or lore is given. I guess they assume you should know? Ciri's story should of been put thru out the final 3 episodes instead of the entire season. 2 episodes could of easily been combined since they are almost exactly the same footage with Geralt being in one of them to show he was there. Just poor decisions when editing this togather. I do hope it manages a season 2 to give it the respect it needs.… Expand
  5. Neeedles
    Dec 23, 2019
    6
    Fight scenes are great. Henry is great as Geralt. Freya is a good Ciri, but im still not convinced Anya was the best choice for Yen, even tho her acting skills are amazing for sure. The music is absolutely great.
    The cinematography needs to improve in season 2 as well as a lot of the CGI.
    The camera work as well, and the effect where only the middle part of the screen is sharp while the    Fight scenes are great. Henry is great as Geralt. Freya is a good Ciri, but im still not convinced Anya was the best choice for Yen, even tho her acting skills are amazing for sure. The music is absolutely great.
    The cinematography needs to improve in season 2 as well as a lot of the CGI.
    The camera work as well, and the effect where only the middle part of the screen is sharp while the top and bottom are kinda blurred which is in every episode needs to go, its horrible. There are times at which the camera angle and sometimes bad CGI make the show seem amateurish.
    I cannot speak much about the writing as i've read the books and writing these stories the way they are in the show seems kinda easy and maybe even lazy.
    If you read the books you'll be dissapointed at how much this is stripped down and rushed to make room for Yen's origin story which is boring and irrelevant. Unnecessary changes to the story throughout. No room to breathe or soak in the witcher atmosphere. Too much focus on Yennefer cause she's a strong WOMAN character and don't get me wrong, her character deserves the attention just not this early in the story and not at the mercy of the short stories. Also making her the ultimate hero goes against the essence of the books where noone is really a hero.

    The show is quite decent but needs to improve in season 2 and follow the books more because even now in season 1 some things just dont make sense the way they are.(SPOILER) Like Ciri hugging Geralt who she'S never met before etc.

    Hope next season get's more episodes and doesn't have to jump all around and fleshes out the story more.    … Expand
  6. PowerfullPlayer
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Black villagers? Black elves? OMFG I just imagine that this **** doesn't exist.
  7. StephanL
    Dec 27, 2019
    3
    Perhaps this show is drawing in people who love soap opera's posing as fantasy and thus the discrepancy between viewers comments and critics. I love fantasy, and good storytelling. This is poorly made. Henry Cavill is great but miscast here. Sets too clean and boring. My disbelief was not suspended. Racial inclusiveness is important but at the cost of good storytelling? Poor choice in showrunn
  8. mad851
    Dec 28, 2019
    2
    This is one of the worst adaptation ever made, really disappointing TV show, nothing like the books, forcing diversity (blackwashing characters) in a polish European fantasy is horrible! Bad CGI, bad writing, bad acting, they didn't followed the chronology of the books, it's not the mature dark Fantasy that we want it's more like XENA level of tv show than game of thrones. Too bad
  9. MNEMENT
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    It's ok. But it's NOT the real witcher. I like a people with money finally see goods in this GREAT witcher story. But they step away and loose sense of the original. In books there is much more moral, good jokes, hard actions, better fights and more real characters. In this TV show characters are good or bad. It's too simple. In books all characters have good and bad sides. This make toIt's ok. But it's NOT the real witcher. I like a people with money finally see goods in this GREAT witcher story. But they step away and loose sense of the original. In books there is much more moral, good jokes, hard actions, better fights and more real characters. In this TV show characters are good or bad. It's too simple. In books all characters have good and bad sides. This make to read so interesting, because it's not so predictable as TV show. If TV show auditory should be kids, then why are so many **** on the screen. If auditory should be 16+ (18+), then why characters and problems so simple and where is a real Witcher? I hope it will come some time, but not too late! Like "Lord of the rings" in it's time.… Expand
  10. sub-madara
    Jan 2, 2020
    3
    Okay so I give it a 3 because near the end or in the end its a little fixed, I hope they improve. You know game of thrones had a bad ending, hope this one( witcher) starts bad ends good. But no enviroment and no atmosphere. Two persons I liked was jaskier and tissaia. Geralt was meh.
  11. LordCrash
    Dec 28, 2019
    5
    People tend to compare the Witcher to Game of Thrones but that's probably the wrong take. The show never wants to be any serious and it never actually tries to achieve any depth or nuanced meaning that would elevate it above the usual cheesy sword and sorcery pulp fantasy. The Witcher is more like a 2019 version of Xena or Hercules. It's an anachronism that acts like Game of Thrones andPeople tend to compare the Witcher to Game of Thrones but that's probably the wrong take. The show never wants to be any serious and it never actually tries to achieve any depth or nuanced meaning that would elevate it above the usual cheesy sword and sorcery pulp fantasy. The Witcher is more like a 2019 version of Xena or Hercules. It's an anachronism that acts like Game of Thrones and other groundbreaking TV shows in the past 10 or 20 years never happened and that shows like Xena or Stargate were still the pinnacle of great TV entertainment. The show can only be seen as naive fun but not as anything with a serious message or story. It's only fitting that its budget seems to be severly limited, resulting in poor costumes, ridiculously poor attle scenes, completely unbelievable medieval weaponry and fighting and bad CGI and special effects.

    The Netflix adaption also shows no respect and has no understanding of its own source material. It lacks all the core strings of the novels, like the Slavic melancholia, its nuanced but very down to earth dialogues, its lifelike and nuanced characters, its complex political and societal elements, and most important, everything about Geralt's and Ciri's relationship and the true meaning of destiny. It only adds to the the show's mediocrity that it has a terrible "telling instead of showing" habit that results in bad dialogues and many repetitions. The show also only rarely cares to show its characters motivations. They just act because they plot needs them to act in a certain way.

    If the prospect of a shallow pulp fantasy show with the flair of the old cheesy sword&sorcery series of the 1990s and early 2000s the Witcher might be exactly your kind of thing. Or maybe you only want the characters from the games be part in a series? Have fun watching it, it won't do you any harm. Anybody looking for a deep and nuanced show that builds upon everything that happend in the genre in the past 10 years or a show that transports the core elements of its source material should maybe skip and watch something else - or just (re-)read Andrzej Sapkowski's fantastic novels.    … Expand
  12. QACritic
    Dec 23, 2019
    5
    TL;DR :Bad choices in story telling and casting make the Witcher series lose what made the Witcher books/games interesting.

    I see a lot of fans reviewing unrealistically either giving it a 10 because they ae fans and love the Witcher games/books and want this to succeed or a 0 by the fans who are pissed of that the show is kind of average virtue signaling bs that does not work with the    TL;DR :Bad choices in story telling and casting make the Witcher series lose what made the Witcher books/games interesting.

    I see a lot of fans reviewing unrealistically either giving it a 10 because they ae fans and love the Witcher games/books and want this to succeed or a 0 by the fans who are pissed of that the show is kind of average virtue signaling bs that does not work with the Witcher setting. The reality is that this show is just average TV with nothing to recommend to anyone new and disappointing for existing fans. So a rating of 5 to 7 is the best it cloud do given the production company the show runner that does not understand the source material and Slavic mentality that produced the Witcher books and what made them unique as compared to the **** of similar fantasy drivel available by native English speakers.

    The only character from this show that are good are: the actors for Geralt, Queen Calante, Mousesack, Eist.Pavetta and Tissaia everyone else is not portrayed well either due to directing/writing or bad acting (although this is not much of an issue).
    Very little left of what made the books and games interesting (read all and played all). I had low expectations due to the "diversity hires" (which make for some WTF moments) but that is the least of the problems in the show. The main problem is the story telling, you get most of the end at the beginning which could work if the series was a movie and moved way faster than it does. The bad interweaving of the different story line makes things even worse because it is just pointlessly confusing especially for people new to the series (if you are one of those please read the books they are much better). The really missed opportunity is that the first two books that this season is based on are composed of short stories that could have made good introductory season.. After that there is enough content for at least 2-3 seasons.
    Yennefer should have been a supporting character until she was needed for the story instead we got a lot of torture porn that ruined her character based on a few lines of guessing by Geralt in the books, it does not help that the actress cannot convey a character that has age and experience hiding behind a pretty face instead we have a petulant child as Yennefer.

    Comparing this to GOT is a joke since this is a 3 compared to seasons 1-4 of GOT and barely better than season 8.    … Expand
  13. sarisa
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Well, what did we expect from Netflix anyway? They need to sell this product worldwide somehow. To be honest it could be much worse considering their agenda. And we all know it. Simply saying it's the only possible Witcher that could have emerged in XXI century. Its bad testimony of our times, but it is some sort of testimony.
  14. Penisman
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    Henry Cavil turned out as amazing geralt and his interactions with Jaskier are on point. Those are, alongside good fights scenes, the only good things I can say about this mess. Yennefer turned out terrible. Instead of a confident stubborn female lead she feel weak and confused. The way magic is portrayed is a joke. Politics are confusing and not engaging at all. The story between threeHenry Cavil turned out as amazing geralt and his interactions with Jaskier are on point. Those are, alongside good fights scenes, the only good things I can say about this mess. Yennefer turned out terrible. Instead of a confident stubborn female lead she feel weak and confused. The way magic is portrayed is a joke. Politics are confusing and not engaging at all. The story between three people, with three timelines that are an immense mess and viewer can't rightly tell when did what happen untill later half of the series. CGI looks clearly like CGI, Villentrenthemerth is awful. Directing was another problem. Some scenes completely lack build up, others are just awkward (like geralts famous speech about greater/lesser evil). Even the Geralt/Jaskier interactions that I have mentioned are few and far between, especially when compared to books.… Expand
  15. AzorAhai98
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A moment of silence for the slavic people. The TV Show is based on a slavic book series, yet there are more black people and Indians than slavs. The showrunners are using a beautiful slavic fantasy story for their political agenda.
    Horrible casting, costumes,music and boring storytelling. They even managed to make the battle sequences boring. Henry Cavill is the only good thing in this whole mess.    … Expand
  16. Sderton
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    Помойка обоссаная. А вот это я пишу чтобы набрать символы для выставление лценке говну.
  17. vCount
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    No, no, no, it's just ain't right. Also, sorry for bad English, it's not my first language
    I've watched 2 episodes so far and both were just terrible. I could call myself a fan of Witcher, I've read the books several times, I've played the games a little bit. The series so far is not worthy of books and games.
    Miscasts, black elfs and other stuff aside. the show seems incredibly cheap.    No, no, no, it's just ain't right. Also, sorry for bad English, it's not my first language
    I've watched 2 episodes so far and both were just terrible. I could call myself a fan of Witcher, I've read the books several times, I've played the games a little bit. The series so far is not worthy of books and games.
    Miscasts, black elfs and other stuff aside. the show seems incredibly cheap. The very first fight with the monster we see, said monster looks like it came straight from the 90s era television and the fight itself is rather anticlimatic.
    I could tell more, like how some characters are total opposites of books, how the writers keep missing key points in things people say, think or represent. Like, I can clearly see the attempt to make a nod towards the source material, but it just comes out wrong and completely misses the point.
    Maybe some people unfamiliar with the Witcher franchise will like it. But i don't think it's a work for those who are already fans.
    Like honestly, i wouldn't mind miscast, tolerancy which people are complaining about and all of that, if it atleast was interesting to watch AND stayed closer to the books plot.    … Expand
  18. wagabunga93
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    The series is tragic and has little to do with books, many characters and stories have been cut out for new unnecessary threads. Black-skinned elves, kransoludy without beard, magic like Harry Potter - many wrong decisions were made, the series became another tube for liberal activists and the potential of books was wasted by them. Don't watch the show first! Read the books, they are muchThe series is tragic and has little to do with books, many characters and stories have been cut out for new unnecessary threads. Black-skinned elves, kransoludy without beard, magic like Harry Potter - many wrong decisions were made, the series became another tube for liberal activists and the potential of books was wasted by them. Don't watch the show first! Read the books, they are much better than Netflix. The Netflix series is tragic and has little to do with the book Witcher. If you don't like reading, at least play the game... Although you will miss a lot of great stories, your loss. Make no mistake - don't judge a book by show.

    PS. Henry Cavill is a great actor and even better Witcher (you can see that he understands his character), but all the rest (not counting sword fights) is not an agreement, people created the script and realized the series created something that has nothing to do with the great story written by Andrzej Sapkowski. Please, no - I'm begging you - reach for the books!    … Expand
  19. Ghua
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    Cavill really fits the role. Thats about it - all good things I can say about the series.
    The rest is... mediocre. There are good moments, but rather due to good original book material than to netflix.
  20. TwiTu
    Jan 1, 2020
    5
    Its watchable. But not that great.
    The virtue signalling undertone is very present and destroys this fantasy with politics from the real world. Thats that. But even if you ignore that, the casting and actors arent that great either, mostly very bad actually. The actors playing Yennefer and Geralt are the best, yet they cant really save this series from mediocrity, and even if they are    Its watchable. But not that great.
    The virtue signalling undertone is very present and destroys this fantasy with politics from the real world. Thats that. But even if you ignore that, the casting and actors arent that great either, mostly very bad actually. The actors playing Yennefer and Geralt are the best, yet they cant really save this series from mediocrity, and even if they are good actors, they were still badly cast. Geralt simply doesnt look like He-Man, like this actor does.

    The writing is bad, too. You feel as if youre dropped into a hot pot of stuff you have to know but dont know. Especially if youre not great with names this will confuse you a lot at the start.

    You never get a feeling of epicness like in the games or books. It feels childish and cheap, best comparable to Hercules or Xena. Even though it uses a lot of nudity and gore. They think (judging from the sad music) that you feel for this or that character, that this or that character dies, yet you dont feel anything for them, because the series never establishes their character well and makes the dialogues very weird and awkward, unnatural. Its worse than on The Walking Dead. The story feels extremely rushed, as if they try to explain the whole Witcher universe in just a few hours. Maybe it should have had 24 episodes instead of just 8. But I guess thats just signs of the time. Characters and their personalities arent important anymore, because we live in a very anti-social time because people are mostly sitting at home, not having much social interaction anymore - and thats me saying, who isnt really the biggest social interactive person either.

    The jokes are unfunny, mostly because you cant really build up a relationship to the characters because of the reasons I already mentioned.

    People comparing this to Game of Thrones have obviously never watched Game of Thrones. I cried like a baby many times when people died in GoT or something bad happened to them. Here I dont even flinch.
    Its like comparing a Lada to a Maybach.
    I get that some people are starved for a fantasy series after the end of GoT, but this is in no way a substitute.

    Oh yeah, and the excessive use of colored contact lenses (sometimes they wear them, sometimes they dont, sometimes they are not centered, sometimes they are) also add to the childishness of this series. It looks completely unbelievable. Directors should know that in the age of 4K resolution.    … Expand
  21. RIPtheWitcher
    Dec 22, 2019
    0
    Атмосферы славянской нет. Каст отвратительный. За все время вы не увидите ни одной красивой женщины, а только уродин. Таймлайн очень кривой и запутанный. Мне как читавшему книги леко понять что происходит но вот знакомые мои которые с ведьмаком не знакомы дается сериал очень сложно. Плюс они еще добавилили кучу отсебятины которая релизована очень убого и по большей части не несет в себеАтмосферы славянской нет. Каст отвратительный. За все время вы не увидите ни одной красивой женщины, а только уродин. Таймлайн очень кривой и запутанный. Мне как читавшему книги леко понять что происходит но вот знакомые мои которые с ведьмаком не знакомы дается сериал очень сложно. Плюс они еще добавилили кучу отсебятины которая релизована очень убого и по большей части не несет в себе какого либо смысла. Чем думал сценарист не понятно, видимо как угодить SJW комьюнити. В итоге получилось не понятно что с запутаным, скомканым сюжетом, слитыми сценами котораые реализовали просто ужасно не до конца расркыв их. Карой ай. Я бы написал еще много чего но не хочу тратить на это время. Если сравнить с игрой престолов то у нетфликс даже близко не получилось хоть немного подобраться к ним.… Expand
  22. shurte
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    Very weak show from Netflix. They absolutely do not understand what they are showing. Positive things are only Cavill, music and battle with Renfry.
  23. garnerc07
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    While I enjoyed the performances of Geralt and Ciri, there were some others who sort of ruined it for me. Yennefer and Triss' casting was not good at all in my opinion. Tried being an interesting character in the books and games came across as nothing but unimportant and a throw away character. Fringilla Vigo was also another character who I quite enjoyed from the books and movies butWhile I enjoyed the performances of Geralt and Ciri, there were some others who sort of ruined it for me. Yennefer and Triss' casting was not good at all in my opinion. Tried being an interesting character in the books and games came across as nothing but unimportant and a throw away character. Fringilla Vigo was also another character who I quite enjoyed from the books and movies but together with a bad choice of casting and a complete personality change, she also didn't stand out either. This as you might know comes down to the politics of the creators of the series. Back from when they put the casting call for Ciri for BAME actresses, i knew this would be a let down, and i was mostly right. I love the Witcher franchise so it's a shame for its legacy to be tainted with people trying to push their politics onto the fans of the series. They just had to follow the source material and the fans would love it, so it's a shame it is getting such a mixed reception. Let this show and the many others who have suffered the same fate be a lesson to those who think they can smear a well loved franchise to push a political agenda.… Expand
  24. Cesium06
    Jan 1, 2020
    5
    I'm a huge fan of the Witcher. I play Gwent regularly. I've read the some of the books. I've played all of the games. However, this show is still pretty mediocre. Odd pacing. Most parts fairly unenjoyable and unnecessarily drawn out. Anytime Geralt is on the screen it's an enjoyable adventure. I found myself skipping ahead to get back to the parts with him in it.
  25. DeN_DarK
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    Awful casting. At first I feared Cavill will be bad as Geralt. Actually he isn't. But other actors... not even close to character.
    Sadly casting is lesser problem in this series.
    1. Writing no good. First two episodes was average but after that it is just bad. Scriptwriters add too much to the story and do it very unnatural for plot and characters. 2. Effects. Sometimes nice. But mostly    Awful casting. At first I feared Cavill will be bad as Geralt. Actually he isn't. But other actors... not even close to character.
    Sadly casting is lesser problem in this series.
    1. Writing no good. First two episodes was average but after that it is just bad. Scriptwriters add too much to the story and do it very unnatural for plot and characters.
    2. Effects. Sometimes nice. But mostly bad. Especially floodlights in Brokilon.
    3. Sequence of events. In one episode things mixed together and it is just a mess - not a storytelling.    … Expand
  26. julius98
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    Fun enough, but dragged down by some really horrendous writing and poor characterisation of Geralt.
  27. Orion8725
    Jan 1, 2020
    3
    I neither believe in 0's nor 10's unless a show or game has a great impact on the genre. The books were enjoyable and on par with the Sword of Truth or GoT books. The Witcher 3 ruined RPG games for me. By that i mean I cannot think of another RPG that comes close to it and now find all others rather boring. That being said, The Witcher 3 for me was a 10 with the books being a high 7 or 8.I neither believe in 0's nor 10's unless a show or game has a great impact on the genre. The books were enjoyable and on par with the Sword of Truth or GoT books. The Witcher 3 ruined RPG games for me. By that i mean I cannot think of another RPG that comes close to it and now find all others rather boring. That being said, The Witcher 3 for me was a 10 with the books being a high 7 or 8.

    The more invested you are in the books and especially the games, the less you will find this show enjoyable. Casting, like others have mentioned, is poor for several characters. Henry does a good job, but he is not enough to save this series for me. I really wanted this show to shine but it simply falls short of expectations from missed opportunities with story to odd changes to the story that adds nothing to the show.

    if you have no clue what you are getting into, you will find this probably a 6 out of 10. If you read the books, perhaps a mid to high 4 or perhaps even a 5. If you are a huge fan of the games, you are looking at a 3 or lower. In a perfect world, HBO would have picked this up and contracted with some of the CD Project Red writers. Instead, we are left with something that is simply mediocre and not a TV series that I will watch a second time.

    A great review of the show can be found by someone I consider an even larger fan than myself, Witcher George on YouTube, who did a great job of revealing the issues with this series. For all the gamers out there, we still have Cyberpunk coming soon. For book fans, perhaps HBO will pick up The Sword of Truth and we can finally have our fantasy escape many of us are looking for after the end of GoT (excluding the last season) and whatever this is trying to be.    … Expand
  28. BillyBobSusanMa
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    Henry Cavill does a great job as the Witcher, pretty good show generally, would of given it a 8 if it wasn't for the seemingly obligatory Wokey forced Diversity crap that permeates everything these days,

    seems Medieval Fantasy Europe was far more "Progressive" than 100% Black Wakanda?
  29. Hawk235
    Dec 23, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Как фанат книжной саги пришел в ужас от сценария и повествования. Смысл каждого книжного рассказа исказили почти во всем,а где не исказили приходиться додумывать самому. Ну и финальная сцена это что такое было вообще? Как можно было слить самую трогательную сцену в книге? Цири бежит обниматься к человеку,которого никогда не видела. В книге у них был мотив - они встречались в Брокилоне и привязались к друг другу. А тут добавили ту же сцену, но вырезали главное. При этом зачем-то еще вплели сюда Ренфри,что Геральт должен искать какую-то лесную деву и он поэтому побежал в лес,а Цири типо узнала его из снов и побежала обнимать незнакомца. Это равносильно,что я сейчас кого-то увижу во сне и потом встречу его в жизни и побегу к нему обниматься. просто гениальная завязка сюжета!… Expand
  30. Gor1945
    Dec 22, 2019
    2
    Западная толерастия и SJW диграданты еще одну франшизу загубили, негры где не поподя, ложа чародеек, ставшая ложей феминисток и прочая чушь современной повестки - в саге о средневековье восточной Европы пусть и в фентезийном обрамлении.
    Помимо этого - отвратительный каст актеров - Трисс, Кагырн, Йенифер - просто в утиль слиты - остальные в лучшем случае средне.
    Сюжет рваный и подан    Западная толерастия и SJW диграданты еще одну франшизу загубили, негры где не поподя, ложа чародеек, ставшая ложей феминисток и прочая чушь современной повестки - в саге о средневековье восточной Европы пусть и в фентезийном обрамлении.
    Помимо этого - отвратительный каст актеров - Трисс, Кагырн, Йенифер - просто в утиль слиты - остальные в лучшем случае средне.
    Сюжет рваный и подан кусками - в не хронологическом порядке, человеку не знакомому с вселенной в принципе что-то понять сложно будет, знакомый будет постоянно пробивать себе фейспалм.
    Отдельно стоит отметить костюмеров и декораторов, и постановщиков битв - доспехи Нильфгарда и битвы - просто донное днище.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Jan 3, 2020
    40
    The Witcher is a messy tangle of plotlines in a world underdeveloped to the point of obscurity.
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  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    As a mindless fantasy rollercoaster, Geralt’s journey is five stars all the way to tea-time. Sadly, for those who like brains with their brawn, it may be more of a slog.
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  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Dec 20, 2019
    30
    It takes a while for viewers to learn how these characters are connected, via an exasperating Westworld-esque narrative knot that takes much of the season to unfurl. ... The Witcher heightens our confusion by fumbling details that would have helped it set a cohesive tone. Dialogue vacillates, from line to line, between theatrical fantasy-speak and modern colloquialisms (“Dragons are, in fact, a thing!”).
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